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Information to help you plan and prepare for your visit.

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About Wellcome Collection

The imposing white edifice of a neoclassical 1930s building. Wellcome Collection building, Euston Road, London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

Wellcome Collection is a museum. A museum is a place where you can look at things and learn about them.

A pound sign that is crossed out.

You do not need to pay to visit.

Drawing of a sign saying “closed”.
Drawing of a sign saying “Monday”.

We are closed on Mondays.

Drawing of a sign saying “open”.
Drawing of a clock showing 10:00.
Drawing of a clock showing 18:00.
A sign saying “Saturday” and “Sunday”.

We are open from 10:00 to 18:00 on:

  • Tuesdays
  • Wednesdays
  • Fridays
  • Saturdays
  • Sundays
Drawing of a sign saying “open”.
A sign saying “Thursday”.
Drawing of a clock showing 10:00.
Drawing of a clock showing 20:00.

We are open from 10:00 to 20:00 on Thursdays.

A sign saying “AM”, meaning “morning”.
An drawing showing three people.

There are normally fewer visitors in the mornings.

A sign saying “Saturday” and “Sunday”.
An drawing showing a crowd of people.

There are normally more visitors on Saturdays and Sundays.

Getting to Wellcome Collection

Rectangular white road sign for Euston Road in Camden, London N1, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

We are a big stone building on Euston Road in central London.

Large white stone building. The entrance to Wellcome Collection museum.
Wellcome Collection entrance, Photographer Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Our address is:

Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BW

This is what the building looks like from the outside.

A revolving door entrance to Wellcome Collection museum.
Wellcome Collection revolving door, Photographer Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You can enter through one of the two revolving doors.

A large doorway in the facade of a white stone Neoclassical building, featuring narrow pilasters on either side supporting a lintel.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

Or via the accessible door in between them.

Drawing showing different modes of transport, such as train, bus and bicycle.

Transport

There are different ways you can travel to visit us.

Train icon.
Tube, London Underground icon.

Arriving by Tube or train

Entrance to Euston Square Underground station in a modern steel and glass building.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

The nearest Tube and train stations are:

Euston Square

Front entrance to Euston train station, London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

Euston

Entrance to Warren Street Underground station, London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

Warren Street

A young man and a young woman wearing tops with Wellcome Collection logos to show they are staff.
Visitor Experience Assistants. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

If you would like one of our staff to meet you at a nearby station, please contact our Visitor Experience Team.

Visitor Experience
info@wellcomecollection.org
Bus icon.

Arriving by bus

A steel and glass bus shelter and bus stop sign on a wide pavement in front of the Wellcome building on Euston Road London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

These buses stop close to the museum main entrance:

18, 30, 73, 205, 390

This is what the nearest bus stop looks like.

Bicycle icon.

Arriving by bike

Four large bright yellow metal lockers in a row next to nine smaller grey lockers, stacked in three rows of three.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

If you have a folding bike, you can put it in a locker. The lockers are on level 0 of our building.

If you have a non-folding bike, you can park it in a bike rack. The bike racks are at Euston Station.

Car icon.

Arriving by car

Standard rectangular Blue Badge for people with mobility issues. The text “Blue badge holders only” is written below the image of a figure in a wheelchair.
© Wellcome Collection.

If you have a Blue Badge, you can use one of our parking spaces.

A young man and a young woman wearing tops with Wellcome Collection logos to show they are staff.
Visitor Experience Assistants. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

To book a parking space, contact the Visitor Experience Team.

Visitor Experience
info@wellcomecollection.org
Taxi icon.

Arriving by taxi

The entrance to 42 Gower Place, London, UK. A small flight of stairs leads to a covered doorway inserted in the building.
© Wellcome Collection.

If you are arriving by taxi, please ask to be dropped off at:

42 Gower Place
London WC1E 2BN

Details from two sections of map showing the location of Gower Place in one and the route to the front entrance of Wellcome Collection from Gower Place in the other.
© Wellcome Collection.

Gower Place is at the back of the Wellcome Collection building. You will need to go around the corner to the main entrance at 183 Euston Road.

A young man and a young woman wearing tops with Wellcome Collection logos to show they are staff.
Visitor Experience Assistants. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

If you would like one of our staff to meet you at Gower Place, please contact our Visitor Experience Team. The staff member can take you to the main entrance.

Visitor Experience
info@wellcomecollection.org

Wellcome Collection accessibility

We want Wellcome Collection to be accessible. Accessible means easy to use for everyone.

The staircase at Wellcome Collection.
WC staircase, Photographer: Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You can get to every floor in the building by the stairs or the lifts.

The four lifts in the Wellcome Collection building.
WC lifts, Photographer Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

There are 4 lifts in the building.

Icon showing someone using a wheelchair.

There are accessible toilets on all floors of the building.

Changing Places toilet icon.

There is a Changing Places toilet on the ground floor, level 0.

Drawing showing ear defenders.
Drawing showing tinted glasses.
Drawing showing a visor.
Drawing showing a weighted lap pad.

We have:

  • ear defenders
  • tinted glasses
  • tinted visors
  • weighted lap pads.
A young man and a young woman wearing tops with Wellcome Collection logos to show they are staff.
Visitor Experience Assistants. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

If you want to borrow any of these things, please ask a member of staff.

Photo of a wheelchair.

You can borrow a wheelchair when you visit Wellcome Collection.

A long sweeping metal structure forms a contemporary information desk in the reception area of a museum.
© Wellcome Collection.

To borrow a wheelchair, contact our Visitor Experience Team or ask at the Information Desk on the ground floor, level 0.

The information desk looks like this.

Visitor Experience
info@wellcomecollection.org

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